Coonamble’s top citizen is Carol Stanley
PHOTO: Coonamble’s latest Citizen of the Year, Carol Stanley, embraced the Australia Day spirit while having a well-deserved break with family on the Gold Coast. Carol Stanley let out a …
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Not wasting any opportunities
PHOTO: Waste Management Team and project partners: Sarath Bhasi (compliance officer), Mark Kowper (plant operator), Sheralee Player (VERTO), Peter Stammer (Quambone Waste), Lynn Field (Nguumambiny Indigenous Corp), Aimee McMillan (Workforce …
Dialysis re-starts for local patients
PHOTO: Nurse Unit Manager Laura Dent with the dialysis equipment which is now back in use at Coonamble hospital. Since Monday 9 December, dialysis-trained staff are again on hand at …
Say goodbye to septic tanks: new pump station brings more homes on line
PHOTO: Council’s Tim Wark in front of the site for the new pump station. Households in Coonamble south of Barton Street (Reid St, Quonmoona St, south end of Wilga St, …
Walk a Mile: in these shoes?
PHOTO: Coonamble High School students march through Castlereagh Street to mark a global day against gendered violence. It’s a heavy subject, but this year organisers of Coonamble’s Walk a Mile …
Coonamble’s first Animal Care graduates in a decade
PHOTO: New graduate Tahlia Dewson For the first time in ten years, two students from Coonamble graduated from the TVET class at TAFE Coonamble with a Certificate II in Animal …
Snail mail: letters undelivered for two weeks
Letterboxes in Coonamble have been empty for the last few weeks and residents are wondering where the mail has gone.The delivery contractors for letters in Coonamble say they have been …
Family History moves to put the Times online
PHOTO: Coonamble Family History Society members at Coonamble Shire Library: Nina Sands, Vicky Fulmer, Pauline Ditchfield, Karen McCusker, Glen McCusker, Angie Little, Marj Parsons, Lee O’Connor (Coonamble Times Editor). Missing: …
Every team’s a winner at A-Day bowls
PHOTO: A-Day Bowls founder Diana Powell with 2024 Aaron Powell Memorial Sheild winners Brian King, Allan Albert and Flo King. Every bowler went home a winner at Coonamble Bowling Club …
Farmer dads put in for preschool
PHOTO: Coonamble Pre school staff and children with the grain donations truck. Local cropping dads are lining up to lead the push to support Coonamble’s community-owned preschool this harvest. So …
2025 Coonamble Show cancelled
PHOTO: The possible absence of the ever-popular side-show alley has been a large factor in the committee’s decision to cancel the 2025 show. For the first time since the covid …
School captains badged for 2025
PHOTO: Coonamble High School captains for 2024: Patrick Forbes, Temia Robinson and Clare Hopkins. PHOTO SUPPLIED. The Coonamble High School is introducing their student leadership team for the new school …